Will gay marriage ban change anything?

People took part in the candlelight vigil. Freedom Indiana hosted a church service and candlelight vigil in opposition to HJR-3, the amendment proposed in the state legislature to define marriage and remove exsisting protections for same-sex marriages. The event was held Sunday January 12, 2014 at the North United Methodist Church.

In the tempest surrounding the right of gays and lesbians to marry, I hear many voices saying many of the same things over and again. Some of these arguments seem a bit weak. For example, I hear that jobs could be lost and there could be a statewide talent exodus from the skilled professions if the right to marriage isn't extended to all. But with more than 30 states already banning gay marriage by statute or constitutional amendment, where would these people go? So no, I don't see jobs as the reason to deny a constitutional amendment.

I also hear much about the need to protect marriage. But I see no attack on marriage.

I do have some questions.

If gay people are allowed to marry: Will that cause harm to existing heterosexual marriages, and if so, then how? Will that cause less heterosexual marriages to begin with? Will that cause more divorces? Will that cause heterosexuals to become gay? Will fewer children be born?

If gay people are not allowed to marry: Will all families then automatically be made up the children plus two loving, committed and deeply involved parents making strong incomes? Will divorce cease or even slow down? Will gay people stop being gay? Will my taxes go down? Will the rivers and streams become clean? Will the gangs stop shooting?

It does not seem to me that anyone seeking to marry the one he or she loves takes anything from anyone. It certainly takes nothing from me, my marriage or the society I live in. But to all those who disagree with my position, please answer the questions I have posed and let me know.

Darryl W. Gunyon

Indianapolis

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Will gay marriage ban change anything?

In the tempest surrounding the right of gays and lesbians to marry, I hear many voices saying many of the same things over and again. Some of these arguments seem a bit weak.